Toward Intelligent Control of Urban Stormwater Management Systems

Sustainable urban stormwater management (SUSM) is essential to urban sustainability. However, barriers to adopting it are observed even in places where SUSM is more widespread. Recent studies have evaluated strategies for overcoming some types of barriers. However, any study has systematically analyzed the strategies available for overcoming the most common barriers, contributing to widely adopting SUSM. Thus, this article aimed to provide a literature review on these strategies. Sixty-six documents were evaluated, resulting in eight solution strategies, detailed by 81 implementation measures, which were critically analyzed. The interrelationships among the solution strategies and their applicability to overcome the SUSM-related barriers were evaluated. This analysis showed that the solution strategies are interdependent, so it would be inefficient to adopt the strategies in isolation. On the other hand, adopting a strategy can help overcome several barriers, also enhancing other strategies, and consequently contributing to the global scenario of effective SUSM adoption. The availability of this systematized information helps break through common barriers and optimizing efforts to adopt SUSM where it is incipient.

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Urban stormwater: the analysis of the failure of the alternative techniques and the management of quality

Water Science & Technology ◽

10.2166/wst.1995.0009 ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 32 (1) ◽

pp. 33-39

Author(s):

E. Alfakih ◽

S. Barraud ◽

Y. Azzout ◽

B. Chocat

Keyword(s):

Stormwater Management ◽

Difficult Problem ◽

Management Approach ◽

Alternative Technique ◽

Urban Stormwater ◽

Urban Stormwater Management ◽

Porous Pavement ◽

Alternative Techniques ◽

Design Construction

The implementation of alternative techniques in urban stormwater management is a difficult problem in terms of choice, design, construction, and operating. We applied a quality management approach to try and have a better understanding of these techniques. The quality of an alternative technique in urban stormwater management is defined; the factors that lead to failures were identified and analysed. In order to reduce these factors, tools were developed, and measures that allow the achievement of the necessary standard of quality are suggested. In this article, all the illustrations refer to the porous pavement technique.

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A study on the effects of urban runoff controls in the sandsli research catchment, Bergen, Norway

Water Science & Technology ◽

10.2166/wst.1997.0696 ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 36 (8-9) ◽

pp. 379-384

Author(s):

Sveinn T. Thorolfsson

Keyword(s):

Ground Water ◽

Stormwater Management ◽

Drainage System ◽

Urban Runoff ◽

Source Control ◽

Urban Stormwater ◽

Urban Stormwater Management ◽

Water Conditions

This paper describes a case study on a new alternative drainage system for urban stormwater management, the so-called “Sandsli-system”. The aim of this study is to evaluate the Sandsli system and the effects of the solution on ground water conditions. The study is carried out in the Sandsli research catchment in Bergen, Norway. The idea behind the “Sandsli-system is not to mix the polluted and the clean stormwater combined with a source control for both stormwater quantity and quality. The clean stormwater is percolated as quickly as possible, while the polluted stormwater is collected and conducted to an appropriate site for disposal or treatment. The Sandsli-system was developed as an alternative drainage system to the conventional drainage system. The system has been functioning satisfactorily since 1981 to date. The advantages of the use of the Sandsli-system is highlighted i.e. recharging the stormwater to the ground water. The Sandsli-system is appropriate to locations with climate and geology similar to that found in the coastal part of Norway

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